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i spent a good hour that night trying to look for 'JP' footprints around the web. looked up whois, checked ips, backlinks, started reading press and just gave up. i did think the voice sounded familiar though...'JP' sounded very geniune on the air, and i was probabyl one of the few that actually believed 'JP's' story.

my favorite part was how tom kept telling you that he didn't know if you were 'inserting spyware' or 'inserting adware' onto peoples computers. he said you were 'tracking the websites people visit' etc. and/or inserting viruses/trojan horses onto people's computers..... Haaaaaaa. classic.

can't wait to listen to the show tonite. you took the roasting very well man. i'm sure they'll have lots of nice things to say again :D

this 'exploit' kinda reminds me of that giant google exploit...
you know - the one where you get an old domain, a bunch of backlinks & good anchor text and then can rank your site above others even though it might not be better.
:)
it's all blackhat. August 21, 2006

hey gman - best of luck to you man.
i'll never forget that skydiving video you uploaded! :)
seriously though, you've been an inspiration to me as well as many others.
take care of yourself! i'm sure your black hat will be back on in no time. ;) May 25, 2006

"My personal feeling is that as long as Google and Yahoo! continue to pay the spammers to run ads on their mass-produced pages there is no incentive for them to stop spamming the Web."
I understand the argument here, but strongly believe link spam would exist whether or not Adsense or YPN even existed.
A majority of the link spam I see points to pills, porn, casinos and doorways. Rarely do I ever see a MFA or MFYPN site spamming links. (at least not in the same quantity as others)
added: In fact, take a look at the links being spammed on the site Cutt's talks about. I clicked the first 10 and couldn't find a single MFA site.... May 15, 2006

first of all, good to see you gman.
secondly (with all due respect) why do you even bother trying to teach the world blackhat seo? it will only bring more un-wanted/un-needed competition to the field and create less 'low-hanging fruit' for you to grab.
(just look at this guy above me for instance...he's obviously desperate for traffic and ready to start button pushing the first content generator he gets his hands on... in fact, it sounds like he worships you just for posting this) ;)
is there a purpose for all this? especially putting a dollar amount to everything?
:)
tg March 22, 2006

come on...we are all out for top rankings... anyone who does SEO professionally is only kidding themselves if they honestly believe they are driving for 'user experience', 'relevance' and providing 'the best site on the subject' ...
it's nice to pull the wool over our eyes sometimes and believe we're doing this for the good of the search engines (while simultaneously providing 'quality/relevant results' for the user)...but the reality is, that is pure nonsense.
we do it for the money.
(please, flame away) March 02, 2006

you know, i've been noticing the sandbox has lightened up a bunch after this last update... i'm not sure if there is a discussion about it anywhere, but our company has launched at least 5 sites after this update, and they are all ranking in G ..
(for non-competitive terms of course, but this is still better than what i've seen in the past) December 01, 2005

Rich - although i am just a PEON in the grand scheme of things it's too late.
there ARE hard feelings, and it's done now.
i'm out and i'll probably never say a nice thing about SEOchat to anyone ever again...
i hope you milk the great content we gave you for all it's worth. November 18, 2005

yay! i have been banned... sweet.
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we'll all be ok - i look forward to seeing you guys at cre8asite, and if anyone starts up another forum i'd be happy to participate.
i guess we'll never find out who will win this week's pickem pool for football... and that's too bad about the haikus... i liked those too. November 18, 2005

yes and that's also what angered me.
i took about 5 min creating a nice post for that thread outlining the pros/cons of this move, but when i clicked submit - GONE (thread had been moved) November 18, 2005

also. while i'm heated.
sig links ARE discounted by Google (even though they show up w/the link: command), but (as donna said also) MSN & Y! continue to eat them up. they are a good way to get new sites spidered and provide at least a little help with rankings... November 18, 2005

i was going to email you about this rand (as i saw you wern't online) but knew you'd be blogging about it sooner or later :)
my opinion is mixed at the moment. because of the strict rules (90 days, 100 posts) to just GET a sig link, i feel like it should at least be a 'real' link. not to mention the fact that they only display the sigs once per page, not on every post.
as donna said, it's almost like a small reward for those 'loyal' members of the forum who actually take the time to answer questions, give advice and provide content for DevShed to advertise on.
it upsets me that everyone is leaving - that is my main problem.
SUGGESTION (and capitalization idea for RAND) - start a new forum at seomoz, and we will follow. i promise.
as long as you allow live links :) November 18, 2005

no 'real' value in an old domain? please....
expired domains (even if they have old/established backlinks) are filtered and won't help you one bit. in fact, in my experiences, you'll be FAR worse off than if you just start with a new domain.
old domains are where it's at... try doing a whois lookup of the top 10 players for any competitive keyword... pay close attention to those registration dates. :)
$500 is a steal ... November 10, 2005